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Reports & Studies

Below is a list of a number of past published studies conducted by the Research Division. Some Center reports are not published or made publicly available due to restrictions in place from the source of the research request. Most research reports can be downloaded and in some instances, a hardcopy publication can be requested. See also Manuals, Monographs, & Guides.

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Fees for Admission to Federal Court Bars

This report, which was prepared for the standing Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure’s subcommittee on attorney admissions, summarizes fees charged for admission to federal court bars, including admission fees, pro hac vice fees, and fees charged by state and territory bars for certificates of good standing.

 March 4, 2024
FJC Directions, No. 2: Special Issue on Rule 11

A magazine that reported Center research and education activities in a concise format. Centered around a study undertaken by the Center to assess the operation and impact of Fed. R. Civ. P. 11, this issue of FJC Directions describes Rule 11 activity in the federal courts, answers central questions about use of the rule, reports judges' assessments of the rule, and outlines proposed changes to the rule. Included is the text of an amended Rule 11 proposed by the Judicial Conference's Advisory Committee on Civil Rules. In this issue of FJC Directions:

  • The Federal Judicial Center's Study of Rule 11, by Elizabeth C. Wiggins, Thomas E. Willging, and Donna Stienstra, page 3
  • Rule 11 Activity in the Federal Courts, by Elizabeth C. Wiggins, Thomas E. Willging, and Donna Stienstra, page 6
  • Central Questions about the Use of Rule 11, by Elizabeth C. Wiggins, Thomas E. Willging, and Donna Stienstra, page 10
  • Judicial Assessments of Rule 11: Its Effectiveness and Its Impact on Litigation in Federal Court, by Elizabeth C. Wiggins, Thomas E. Willging, and Donna Stienstra, page 28
  • Proposed Changes in Rule 11, by Elizabeth C. Wiggins, Thomas E. Willging, and Donna Stienstra, page 35
  • Text of Proposed Amended Rule 11, page 40
 November 1, 1991
FJC Directions, No. 3

A magazine that reported Center research and education activities in a concise format. In this issue of FJC Directions:

  • Plea Agreements, Judicial Discretion, and Sentencing Goals, by Paul J. Hofer, page 1
  • The New Approach to Supervising Federal Offenders, by Barbara S. Meierhoefer, page 13
 May 1, 1992
FJC Directions, No. 4

A magazine that reported Center research and education activities in a concise format. In this issue of FJC Directions:

  • New Developments in Court Education: Taking It to the People, by Emily Z. Huebner, page 1
  • Defining a Role for Court-Appointed Experts, by Joe S. Cecil and Thomas E. Willging, page 6
 August 1, 1992
FJC Directions, No. 8: Reports from the First National Mass Tort Conference

Four articles in this issue of FJC Directions are devoted to the November 1994 conference at which more than 175 federal and state judges gathered to analyze techniques for managing mass tort litigation. In this issue of FJC Directions:

  • National Mass Tort Conference Explores Implications of Growing Federal and State Caseloads, by William W Schwarzer, page 1
  • Reflections on the Conference from a State Court Perspective, by Thomas R. Phillips, page 3
  • Conference Participants Debate Issues and Confront Policy Quandaries, by Genevra Kay Loveland, page 5
  • Panel Focuses on Problems Caused by Interplay of Science and Law in Mass Tort Litigation, by Genevra Kay Loveland, page 12
  • Assessing the Effects of Federal Legislation on the Workload of State and Federal Courts, page 15
  • Survey Finds Substantial Variation in District Court Policies Toward Senior Judges, page 17
  • Center Work Group Coordinates Efforts to Assist Courts with Growing Pro Se Caseload, page 20
 July 1, 1995
FJC Research Brief, No. 1: The Impact of the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005: Third Interim Report to the Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Civil Rules

The Impact of the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005: Third Interim Report to the Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Civil Rules.

 April 1, 2007
FJC Research Brief, No. 2: Trends in Summary Judgment Practice: 1975-2000

For the full 33-page report see Trends in Summary Judgment Practice: 1975-2000 (2007).

 December 1, 2007
Follow-Up Study of Word Processing and Electronic Mail in the Third Circuit Court of Appeals

A supplementary report to a 1979 report undertaken at the court's request because evidence to support permanent installation of the electronic-mail capability was inconclusive as a result of certain technological and operational problems. This follow-up study describes various refinements in the system and documents the efficiencies attributable to the technology in the Third Circuit.

See also The Impact of Word Processing and Electronic Mail on United States Courts of Appeals (1979).

 January 1, 1980
Forecasts of Case Filing Volumes in the Federal District Courts

The goal of this study was forecasts of case filing volumes in federal district courts. The effort was interdisciplinary involving statisticians, computer scientists, political scientists, lawyers, and economists. The study was developed by Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratories, under contract to the Federal Judicial Center.

 December 1, 1974
Fourth Report Pursuant to Section 202(e) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Pub. L. No. 111-203 (2010)

In response to the global economic turmoil that began in late 2007, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (Act) introduced a broad array of regulatory reforms in the financial sector. This report focuses on the reforms in Title II of the Act, which are intended to mitigate risks posed by the failure of systemically important financial institutions. Title II directs the Administrative Office of the United States Courts (AOUSC) to study the resolution of these institutions and report on its findings. The AOUSC submitted its first three annual reports pursuant to 12 U.S.C. § 5382(e) on July 21, 2011 (First Report), July 17, 2012 (Second Report), and July 19, 2013 (Third Report). The AOUSC submits this report in compliance with the directive of section 5382(e). Beginning in July 2015, the AOUSC is required to submit reports every five years. This report to Congress was prepared with the assistance of the Federal Judicial Center.

After an introduction in Part I, the report proceeds as follows:

  • Part II provides an executive summary of the report’s primary research, findings, and analysis.
  • Part III describes the AOUSC’s mandate under section 5382(e) of the Act and briefly summarizes the First, Second, and Third Reports, as well as the scope of this fourth report.
  • Part IV focuses on the key issue explored in this report: the provisions of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code that permit a debtor to sell all or substantially all of its assets in a chapter 7 or chapter 11 bankruptcy case. The report reviews critiques of these provisions, including proposals for reform recommended by the American Bankruptcy Institute Commission to Study the Reform of Chapter 11 (ABI Commission), and compares them to similar mechanisms for resolving financial distress through transfers under the Act and certain bills introduced in both houses of Congress in 2014. The latter mechanisms are commonly referred to as “single point of entry” proposals. This section also describes and utilizes certain original empirical data generated by the Federal Judicial Center (FJC) for purposes of the AOUSC reports under the Act.
  • Part V synthesizes the various proposals for rehabilitating or resolving a distressed company through a sale process.
 July 9, 2015

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